Gebel Esh Mellaha, Egypt: Langhian - Serravallian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lithodomus sp.
Cuvier 1817
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| synonym of Lithophaga | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Stylophora sp.
Schweigger 1819
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rare category | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites sp.
Link 1807
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common category | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agariciidae
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Pavona sp.
Lamarck 1801
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rare category | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Montastrea mellahica
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abundant category | ||||||
| original and current combination Montastraea | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Lobophylliidae
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Acanthastrea sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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rare category | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Faviidae
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Favia sp.
Oken 1815
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abundant category | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Caulastrea sp.
(Dana 1846)
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rare category | ||||||
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Favites neglecta
(Michelotti 1868)
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abundant category | ||||||
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Tarbellastraea sp.
Alloiteau 1950
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abundant category | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Lithophyllia sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
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common category | ||||||
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Aquitanophyllia sp.
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rare category | ||||||
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Mussismilia sp.
Ortmann 1890
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rare category | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Balanophyllia sp.
Wood 1844
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rare category | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 27.6° North, 33.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.9° North, 32.4° East |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Langhian - Serravallian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Rudeis | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Langhian to lower Serravallian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified framestone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | lithified packstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Bioerosion: | frequent |
| Encrustation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3396 | ||
| Database number: | 50903 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-05-24 07:25:48 | Last modified: | 2005-05-24 11:40:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-24 07:25:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13590. | C. Perrin, J.-C. Plaziat, and B. R. Rosen. 1998. Miocene coral reefs and reef corals of the south-western Gulf of Suez and north-western Red Sea: distribution, diversity and regional environmental controls. Sedimentation and tectonics of rift basins: Red Sea - Gulf of Aden 296-319 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |
Secondary references:
| 9352 | C. Perrin. 2000. Changes of palaeozonation patterns within Miocene coral reefs, Gebel Abu Shaar, Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Lethaia 33:253-268 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |